My theory is that he's trying to lose the "twist guy" rep that leavesppl disappointed. Instead, he'll be the "bad movie" guy, and thenpeople will be surprised again if he ever makes anything that isn'tcrap.

You giggled at The Happening. You snorted at TheVillage. But now, for the first time ever, former indie auteur M.Night Shyamalan has set out to make a gonzo comedy on purpose, withThe Last Airbender. Spoilers ahead!

M. Night Shyamalan has always been fascinated by playing with genreconventions. His famed love of twist endings is really an obsessionwith tweaking his audience's expectations, and his best film,Unbreakable, is a superhero movie that comments on the superherogenre. It was inevitable that he would slide into full-on genrepastiche.